Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,165, Stephen Fuller, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Fuller, Stephen
S 29.165
CONTENTS

15,902 Massachusetts
Stephen Fuller
(Amplified) in the State of Mass who was a private in the Corp commanded by Captain Burt of the Reg — commanded by Col. Keane in the Mass Pts one for 11 Mo. 1.
Entered on the Roll of Mass — at the rate of 56 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 day of Aug 1833 and to the H. H. Stebbins Amplified
Arrears to the 14th of Mar 31 $113.32 Sem-ant. allowance ending Sep 31 28.33 $141.66
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Ad June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Col. Stiles Clerk, Book E. Vol. 2. Page 25
Mr. May Hobbes

Stephen Fuller Surrendered by Francis B. Stebbins Bromfield Mass
24740.
5. 11 12. & the interrogation not complete until
15 Nov 1832
Printed 17 Mo
Francis B. Stebbins Bromfield Mass

BRIEF in the case of Stephen Follas of Brimfield in the State of Massachusetts (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Sixty Four years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 17 96 26 3 Private Gen. Howe   97 6 Gen. Gage   98 6 Gen. Burgoyne   80 6 Gen. Murray  
5. In what battles was he engaged? East Chester & White Plains
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Johnson
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? defective  Living witnesses not stated as entitled
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. A. Atkinson Examining Clerk.

Stephen Fuller of Brimfield application for a Pension Aug 1832
h 21/40.
5. papers viz.
1. Declaration 2. Certificate of Select men 3. Lamberton's Dep n 3. Charles Dep n 4. Newell's Dep n 5. Lamberton's Dep n
6 th Amendment + clergyman's certificate
terms of service
2 2 mo. 1776 near White Plains 6 mo. 1777 at Springfield 6 mo. 1778. at Do. 3 mo. 1780 at West Point
Totals 17 or 18 mo.
Please direct to Francis B. Stebbins Brimfield Ms.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 State of Massachusetts } ss. County of Hampden }
On this Eighth day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Hon. Oliver B. Morris Judge of the court of Probate for the County of Hampden. Stephen Fuller a resident in Brimfield in said County of Hampden & State of Mas- sachusetts aged Seventy four years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832:
That he entered into the service of the United States in Aug. or Sept. 1776 for the term of two months or more & that he was drafted from the Militia Company in Monson in said County of Hampden for that purpose. that the offi- cers under whom he served so far as he remembers were Capt. Joseph Browning of Brimfield aforesaid & Lieut. Reuben Hoar of Monson. that the officers of the Regiment were Col. Howe of Belchertown & Lt. Col. John Bliss of Milbraham that he joined the army near New York & was with it at the engagements at East Chester & at White Plains that he served out his time of two or three months & was dismissed & returned home: that in the summer of 1777 his brother Asahel Fuller then living in Monson was drafted to serve six months at Springfield in the State of Massachusetts. that he took his place as a substitute & marched to Springfield & served as a private six months to guard military stores at that place under Capt. Gideon Burt of Longmeadow, Lieut. Aaron Michells of Brimfield & Ensign Solomon Brewer. that he returned home as soon as dismissed & soon after in Jan. 1778 was drafted to go to the same place for six months more &

that he went Springfield & served out the said term of six months at that station which was then under the command of Col. Gheerens, & was then dismissed; that in the May or June 1780 he the said Stephen Fuller was again drafted from the Militia in Monson to go to West Point for three months. that he joined his regiment & marched through Great Barrington & Claverack & thence down the river to West Point. that the officers under whom he served were Col. Murray of Hoosfield, & Lieut. Col. or Maj. (Reuben Munn. that Mr. Warner of Springfield was a Lieut. in the company in which he served & that he was at West Point when the treason of Arnold was first made known; that he served out the time of three months & was dismissed. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid. Stephen Fuller
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above- named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states. And the said court further certifies, that it appears to them from the certificate of Festus Foster Simeon Cope, Royal Wales & Abraham Lumbard & Darius Charles, Selectmen of the town of Brimfield and cred- ible persons that the said applicant sustaining a good reputation for veracity. & is entitled to full credit in the matter of the statement above made.
I Justin Willard Register of the Court of Probate aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the appli- cations of Stephen Fuller
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this eighth day of August A.D. 1832
Justin Willard

We the Subscribers Selectmen of the town of Brimfield in the County of Hampden hereby certify that Mr. Stephen Fuller of said Brimfield sustains a good character for veracity & that from our acquaintance with him we should give full credit to his statements respecting his services in the Revolutionary army of the United States Brimfield Aug. 6. 1832
Festus Foster Harrison Lapham Royal Wells Absalom Lumbard Selectmen of Brimfield
Hampden ss. Aug 6. 1832 Then the abovenamed F. Foster, H. Lapham, R. Wells, A. Lumbard & D. Charles made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by them subscribed before me Francis B. Stebbins Justice of the Peace
As to the term of service in 1776 near White Plains the Department will perceive from the papers & depositions in some other cases that some  they testify the term was for 3 months. Mr. Fuller & Mr. Thos. Charles are not sure it was more than 2 months & I wrote it 2 or 3 in the declarations
F. B. Stebbins

Stephen Fuller's 1740 Amendment to his Pension Application with a Clergyman's Certificate

State of Massachusetts Hampden ss. December 22 d 1832
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within & for the said county of Hampden Stephen Fuller of Brimfield in said county who has lately applied for a Pension, who being duly sworn deposed & saith, that when he subscribed & swore to his application for a Pension in August last, he stated the first term of his service in 1776 under Capt. Browning to be two or three months because by reason of age a loss of memory he was unable to state the time precisely; that he has a brother living in Vermont, viz Abraham Fuller who thinks that he the said Stephen was gone from home three months; but that said Stephen is not willing to testify positively that he served more than two months, at that time & that he claims a pension for two months only at that term of time to wit in 1776 under Capt. Browning as a private in his company - That he also served as a private six months at Springfield in 1777 & also six months in 1778 & also three months at West Point in 1780 making in the whole Seventeen months for which he claims a Pension. That he did not procure the certificate of a clergyman at first because he thought it was not required where positive evidence of service was furnished. Stephen Fuller
Sworn to & subscribed the said 22 d day of December 1832 before me
Francus B. Stubbin Justice of the Peace
I further certify that he is a credible person F. B. Stubbin

We certify This may that We Joseph Vaill, a Clergyman residing in Brimfield in the County of Hampden and Samuel Nichols also residing in said Brimfield, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Stephen Fuller of said Brimfield who has lately applied for a Pension that we believe him to be Seventy five years old last October as he states; that he is reputed & believed, in the neighborhood where he lives to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion
Dated at Brimfield Dec 22 d 1832
Joseph Vaill
Samuel Nichols
Hampden Jo. Dec 22 d 1832
Then the above named Joseph Vaill and Samuel Nichols, personally ap- peared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by them subscribed before me. I further certify that said Joseph Vaill is a Clergyman residing in said Brimfield and that said Samuel Nichols also resides in said Brimfield and is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit.
Francis B. Stebbins Justice of the peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden Jo. I John Ingersoll a Clerk of the Common Pleas Court being a Court of Record in the County of Hampden do certify that Francis B. Stebbins Esq. before whom the foregoing deposition of Stephen Fuller and the above certificate of Joseph Vaill & Samuel Nichols were verified is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hampden & that his name hereunto subscribed is his true & genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Common Pleas Court at Springfield on this twelfth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three John Ingersoll Clerk

29165 Rev  INVALID.
File No. 29, 165
Stephen Miller Rev Rev Mrs
Act: June 7 th 29 th
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 126
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Sara Lamberton's Deposition
Lamberton Oct -

Hampden J.S.
I James Lamberton of Ware in the County of Hampshire of lawful age do testify and say that I served as a Soldier in the Massachusetts Militia at Springfield in said County in the year 1778 (being the year after the Capture of Genl. Burgoyne) for the period of six months in the Regiment commanded by Col. Cheever and that Stephen Fuller then of Monson in said County now residing in Brimfield in said County served with me as a soldier in the same Company and in the said Regiment for the term of six months in said year — — — — — Also that in the year 1780 at West Point the said Stephen Fuller served with me as a Soldier in the Massachusetts Militia in one Company and in the Regiment commanded by Col. Murray for the term of three months at said West Point.
James Lamberton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden J.S. August 1 st 1832, Then
James Lamberton above named personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit in him subscribed.
Before me James Stebbins Justice of the Peace
Hampden J.S. December 19 th 1832. This may certify that I have been well acquainted for more than twenty years with James Lamberton who has been described and sworn to the deposition of a credible person — a Professor in his neighborhood has sustained his character —
James Stebbins Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Wamders for John Ingersoll a Clerk of the Common pleas Court being a Clerk of Record in the County of Hampden do hereby certify that James Stobbin Esqr before whom the within deposition was executed is a justice of the Peace for the County of Hampden & that his name thereto subscribed is his true and proper signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Common pleas Court at Springfield on this eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two
John Ingersoll Clerk

Thomas Charles's Disposition
The Charles Dep

I Thomas Charles of Brimfield in the County of Hampden & State of Massachusetts, of lawful age testify and say, that in the month of August or September 1776. Capt Joseph Browning of said (Brimfield) marched with a company of militia raised from Brimfield and the towns of that vicinity to join the army near New York & that I served as a private soldier in said Company, that after joining our Regiment we marched to Fairfield in Conn. where we fell in with several other Regiments under the Command of Gen. Lincoln. We marched from thence to East Chester where there was a partial engagement with the enemy. We also had an engagement with them at White Plains. I continued in service in said Company during two or three months. Our Regiment was commanded by Col. Howe of Belchertown. Mr John Bliss of Wilbraham was our Lieut. Colonel. We were discharged at a place called North Castle. Stephen Miller who then lived in Monson was also a soldier in Capt Brownings Company and served with me in said Company during the whole of said time. And further the deponent saith not.
Thomas Charles
Hampden Js. Aug. 2 o 1832
Then the abovenamed Thomas Charles personally appeared & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed before me
Francis B. Stebbins Justice of the peace

Hampton Jp. Dec 18 th 1832
I hereby certify that the within named Thomas Charles who subscribed and made oath to the within Deposition before me is a credible person, that I am well acquainted with him & his statement is entitled to full credit.
Francis B. Stebbins. Justice of the peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampton Jp. I John Ingersoll a Clerk of the Common Pleas Court being a Court of Record in the County of Hampshire do hereby certify that Francis B. Stebbins before whom the within deposition was taken & executed is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hampshire & that his name thereto subscribed is his proper & true signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Common Pleas Court at Springfield on this eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand & eight hundred & thirty two. John Ingersoll Clerk

Stephen Merrill,
Deposition

Stephen Newell aged twenty four of Wilbraham in the county of Hampden & commonwealth of Massachusetts testifies & says that Stephen Fuller of Brinsfield (formerly of Monson) in the County aforesaid did enlist into the Revolutionary Army A.D. 1777 together with deponent for six months under Capt. Gideon Burt of Longmeadow & served at Springfield as a soldier his term out & was regularly discharged
Stephen Newell
Hampden ss
August 3 rd 1832
Sworn & subscribed before
William S. Burt Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden ss. I John Ingersoll a Clerk of the Common- Pleas Court being a Court of Record in the County of Hampden do hereby certify that William S. Burt Esq. before whom the above deposition was executed is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hampden and that I believe his name thereto subscribed to be his true & proper signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Common Pleas Court at Springfield on this eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two.
John Ingersoll Clerk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden ss. Dec. 18 th 1832
This may certify that I am well acquainted with said Newell who has subscribed & sworn to the above Deposition & that he is a credible person William S Burt Justice of the Peace